Ashleigh Gordon
Originally from upstate New York with a new address of Boston, MA, violist Ashleigh Gordon has performed throughout the United States, France and Florence, Italy on Radio Papesse. She is an active performer of classical and contemporary music with a solo and chamber music repertoire ranging from Bach, Schubert and Debussy to Cage, Gubadulina and Andriessen. Ashleigh has performed with the Callithumpian Consort in Jordan Hall, Juventas New Music Ensemble and New England Philharmonic, all of whom specialize in contemporary music. Her strong desire to promote new works has led her to work with such composers as Steve Reich, David Lang, Augusta Read Thomas, Christian Wolff, Frederic Rzewski and Krzysztof Penderecki.
As an educator, Ashleigh has written, produced and directed a full length Children's Concert, toured with the Prana String Quartet as a teaching artist throughout Washington D.C. and led/coached chamber music and string orchestra ensembles ranging from middle school to collegiate level string students. Here in Boston, she maintains an active violin and viola studio at the South Shore Conservatory, which she joined in 2008, and the North End Music and Performing Arts Center in "Little Italy." Also active in the orchestral field, Ashleigh has performed with the Aspen Music Festival Orchestra (CO), Atlantic Symphony (MA), Pierre Monteux School Orchestra (ME), Ohio Light Opera Company and Glens Falls Symphony (NY).
Ashleigh is a graduate of New England Conservatory where she earned her Masters Degree. Her primary teachers have included Carol Rodland, Louise Zeitlin and Jeffrey Irvine with supplemental solo and chamber music studies with Peter Slowik, Karen Ritscher, Eric Rosenblith and Mai Motobuchi of the Borromeo String Quartet. She has recorded on Mode and Art of the States Record Labels. For further information, please visit her at www.violashe.com.